Fallout from Fukushima / Richard Broinowski.

Brunswick, Vic. : Scribe Publications, 2012.

Broinowski, Richard P.

01-01-2012

xi, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

363.17990952 BRO (Copy 1) MAIN-MONO 295563 INLIBRARY

Japan

Radioactive fallout

Nuclear accidents

Nuclear energy

Nuclear power plants

Nuclear safeguards

Tidal waves

Economic impact

Environmental impact

Health impact

Trade

Uranium

Energy policy

International relations

Australia overseas comparisons

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.

Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011.

Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.

Nuclear reactor accidents -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.

Nuclear energy -- Japan -- Safety measures.

Nuclear power plants -- Risk assessment -- Japan.

Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- Japan.

Radioactive pollution -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.

Tsunami damage -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.

Japan -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

Tohoku Region (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781922070166

On 11 March 2011, a force-9 earthquake jolted the seabed 66 kilometres due east of Japan. Within 20 minutes, a black tsunami wave 14 metres high rolled in from above the epicentre. While struggling with the unfolding destruction, Japan had to cope with a third calamity -- the malfunctioning of a nuclear-power complex near the town of Fukushima.

Introduction -- 1. Meltdown -- 2. Those on the ground -- 3. Into the irradiated zone -- 4. The dangers of radiation -- 5. The cost of disaster -- 6. From Hiroshima to Fukushima -- 7. Nuclear nations -- 8. Nuclear aspirationals -- 9. Australia's nuclear trade -- 10. The future of nuclear energy in Japan -- Appendix: Radiation, nuclear technology, and safety.

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